Trump-era disruption of PEPFAR is real, but framing is imprecise
“More than a year ago, I wrote about how Trump and Musk cut the #Pepfar program, which saved the lives of more than 26 million people in Africa who have HIV/AIDS. They are already dying. @newrepublic”
The central substance of the claim is accurate: the Trump administration and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency severely disrupted PEPFAR, the landmark U.S. global AIDS program, through funding freezes, the dissolution of USAID, and mass award cancellations. Independent reporting and policy research confirm widespread service interruptions. The widely cited 26...